$12.25 Million Says Space Solar Really Is Happening
The newly launched Florida startup Star Catcher Industries is launching a space solar network aimed at beaming solar energy from space to thousands of low earth orbiting satellites.
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Planetary Society Demonstrates Cleaner Space Travel With Lightsail 2 Solar Powered Spacecraft
The Planetary Society recently demonstrated the successful use of a solar sail, proving that space travel should be possible without the use of earth-based propellants, at least outside of our atmosphere. In theory, the technology should be usable more widely and could enable much smaller launches from the ground.
World’s Largest Solar Sail Headed To Space Next Year
Solar sail technology is continuing to rapidly move towards its potentially game-changing role in the future of space flight. NASA will be launching in 2014 what is, as of now, the world’s largest solar sail ever constructed. This solar sail spacecraft, dubbed Sunjammer, will serve as a test and demonstration … [continued]
Electric Solar Sail Technology Moving Forward, “Impossible To Create” Electric Sail Tether Produced
The electric solar sail, or ESAIL, is a ‘sail’ that provides propulsion for a spacecraft simply by using the solar wind, no fuel whatsoever. Invented only very recently, in 2006, a prototype has not yet been created. But now one of the primary limitations have been overcome, the production … [continued]
